Nature Watch: Presque Isle offers resting area for migrant birds

Saturday

Jun 17, 2017 at 2:01 AM

Because Presque Isle State Park is a staging and resting area for many species of birds during migration, it is not unusual for some to linger or remain through summer. None of these birds is known to nest in the region. Most are water-related birds including greater scaup, lesser scaup, red-breasted merganser, common loon, horned grebe, double-crested cormorant, great egret, several species of shorebirds, Caspian terns and great black-backed gulls. Wildflowers to see are Deptford pink, partridge berry, everlasting pea, moth mullein, common mullein, camomile, day lily, chicory, fringed loosestrife and black-eyed Susan.